Posts Tagged as "FIC"

Civic Leaders Discuss Mass Incarceration In Valley

April 7, 2015 /

FRESNO– Community leaders, residents and state officials met Thursday night in West Fresno at Westside Church of God to talk about Proposition 47 and the flaws in the criminal justice system in Fresno County and across California.

15 and Tackling Mass Incarceration

April 7, 2015 /

Before I was even born, someone decided that my life did not matter. As it turns out, [California’s] infamous three strikes law actually originated in Fresno after some very serious crimes occurred in the area. But after it passed, people of color were mostly targeted. This is not fair, because Black lives do matter.